Carry

From Sonic Retro

Carry is a hovering badnik which bobs across the width of the screen. When destroyed, their cargo will fall and explode on the floor.

This badnik makes a return in Sonic Mania, appearing in Press Garden Zone Act 2. This time, it'll drop its sphere on the player, freezing them if it hits. If it misses, it creates a large impassible pillar of ice to block the player for a few seconds. To reflect its new function, its sphere is now marked with a snowflake symbol instead of the indecipherable markings present on the original.